Bug#546741: xserver-xorg-video-sis: X fails to start (SiS 771/671 - No devices detected)
On Tue, Sep 15, 2009 at 13:23:15 +0100, sebI levI wrote:
> I'm using a Fujitsu Esprimo Mobile v5535, debian squeeze which I
> upgrade regularly. I have this laptop since december 2008 and after a
> couple of days of working on it I got X working (I was using a
> different sis driver, sadly I can't remember where I got it from - it
> might have been included in X - I think it was one I found somewhere
> on the web though, probably the sis 2D driver).
>
> After automatic aptitude upgrade on Monday (14 Sept 2009) X stopped
> working. I stupidly deleted the existing /etc/X11/xorg.conf which
> caused the xserver to do the automatic configuration which lead to X
> starting with the vesa driver in 800x600. I ran X -configure (or X
> --configure?) and used the generated xorg.conf as a starting point.
> After a bit of googling I found people who managed to achieve higher
> resolutions with: HorizSync 30-107
> VertRefresh 50-185
> I added that to my xorg.conf (included in this bugreport, only
> difference is the "Driver" - line - in the version I'm using it's
> "vesa" instead of "sis"), now I'm running X in 1280x800 with the vesa
> driver which works but is noticeably slower (can't watch any videos
> unless they're very small - with my older setup I was able to watch
> films in 1280x800 fullscreen without problems). I tried finding a
> different working driver on the net but I couldn't find one for this
> version of X.org so I decided to file a bugreport. I'm still hoping
> it's just a configuration issue, if so, please let me know.
>
The sis driver doesn't seem to list your device as supported. Do you
know what driver you were using before the upgrade, and can you send a
log from the older version?
Thanks,
Julien
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